Martin Locker

Landscapes of Pilgrimage in Medieval Britain

My research addresses the aspect of pilgrim travel in
Medieval Britain, concentrating on both the practicalities of such a journey
and also the interaction between pilgrim and landscape. Concepts such as
liminality, sacred & profane space and the wilderness motif are combined
with research on the Medieval route network and the archaeological and
historical remnants of pilgrimage, in order to address this phenomenon in a
holistic manner.

Educational background

Conferences:

The
Winefride Well and its Pilgrim Landscape’, presented at the Early Medieval
Archaeology Student Symposium in Glasgow, May 2011.
‘St Thomas of
Leicester: A most unusual cult’, presented at the ‘Power and the Sacred in the
Medieval World’ conference at the University of Leicester, November 2011.

‘An
Upholder of Ancient Liberties Against a New-Fangled Tyranny: The Cult of ‘St’
Thomas of Lancaster’, at the Leeds International Medieval Conference.
Forthcoming.

‘Landscapes of Devotion: Pilgrim Signs in
their Wider Context’, co-authored with Dr Michael Lewis (British Museum), at
the ‘Objects and Landscape’ conference at the British Museum. Forthcoming.